TSN: Jets trying to trade Byfuglien before the deadline
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Did you miss this part of the article or just choose to ignore it?
At the worst case, if Byfuglien refuses to report, then he will remain suspended without pay – at no salary cap consequence to the acquiring team. That team could then move to terminate Byfuglien’s contract, like the Jets can now, or opt to hold his rights into the summer to see if he has interest in resuming his career next season.
gojetsgo
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how can you even claim that, if you did then you would have realized that we can just buy out buff costing us nothing
Sounds like a hassle. If the Jets want a team to take this guy off their hands they need to offer some sort of motivation to do so.
Then buy him out - why should another team deal with this without additional compensation?
Tasteless Beaver
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The motivation is possibly getting that last year of the contract for a mammoth D-man who tilts the ice. There's literally no drawback to taking it since it can be terminated.
When he can play he's great but that all seems to be in the past so why bother?
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because the cost would be very low and you have a chance of getting an impact player for the playoffs and if he doesn't want to play then the team could just buy him out as well, but all this was covered in the article you said you read.
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You answered your own question. A team could gamble a 4th round pick for the chance he plays next year. The Jets get a 4th instead of getting nothing when they terminate.
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I'm sure GMs don't make decisions on internet rumors and flat-out uninformed guesses. If he wants to play, he'll pass a physical, his performance will be evaluated. If a team with cap space doesn't want to give up even the smallest asset for a player like Buff, that's on them.
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DarthProbert
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Buyouts cost quite a bit. The Jets can terminate his contract, which costs nothing. There's a world of difference. If you'd read the article...
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I miss wrote something, if you look at the thread you would see 15 other post's where I said we can just terminate...
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That and his motivation are the big question marks, and things that I'm sure GM's will be asking the Jets and / or Buff and his agent.
Bottom line is though, that if it were not for those 2 big questions, he wouldn't be on the market at all, much less available for a minor asset.
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Can the Jets (legally) unilaterally terminate Buff’s contract though? They can, of course, try, but is it an absolute?
BuddyTheGoon
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Bowman loves his retreads (Sharp, Oduya, Campbell, Saad, Versteeg, Shaw...) so I can see him ending up in Chicago, where it all began!
mouser
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Almost certainly they can. Though they would have to offer Buff on Unconditional Waivers to every other team first.
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He refused to continue his rehab from injury. They can absolutey terminate. They're just grasping at straws trying to get an asset of any kind out of this.
cheswick
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This article is a bit nonsensical to me. Who would be trading for Byfuglien at the deadline. The guy hasn't skated for 10 months, had ankle surgery, and just got back from a Caribbean vacation ie he's not getting into game shape. What playoff bound team is going to give something up on the hopes in the next month he suddenly decides that he wants to get into game shape, move his wife and children to a new city, to play in the playoffs for zero pay.
If the hope is he decides to return next season, that seems like an off-season deal to me.
If the hope is he decides to return next season, that seems like an off-season deal to me.
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The Kings should be all over this. A trade built like the Marleau to Carolina trade where another asset is included for the Kings taking him
Is reading not a skillset on this site?
